Long Overdue
Who knew there was a market for two California public library staff (the librarian in me must point out that one is by a librarian while the other is by a library assistant. This is a serious distinction to some, particularly in the public and academic spheres, because it’s the difference between a couple years of your life, tens of thousands of dollars and the resulting misunderstood master degree and underpaid, unappreciated job and just having an underpaid, unappreciated job) memoirs in four months? Or ever?
Quiet, Please: Dispatches From a Public Librarian
Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library
I must now put together my proposal for an enlightening creative nonfiction masterpiece from the perspective of someone who was born in California but hasn’t resided on the west coast for a decade and worked in a public library for nearly three years in the mid-‘90s and never intends to work with the public ever again.
It will be titled Overdue? Fine: Tardy Tales From a Long-Suferring Librarian Who Doesn't Work in a Library and will be utterly gripping. You won’t be able to put that shit down.
Hey - I'm a librarian, too. Knew there was something special about you.
Posted by: Laura Suttell | March 13, 2008 at 09:50 AM
There’s always been a small but viable market for library memoirs – think of that base of obscure-review-reading, ‘underappreciated professionals’ with access to priority-order forms.
Of course, the titles once shelved will never circulate, but there are meaner ways to sabotage your employer.
Posted by: Someone in Saint Louis | March 13, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Laura: I hope you don't mean "special," though I'd probably agree.
SiSL: Ah, the truly self-published and promoted route. But do you assign your masterpiece a call number and properly shelve it?
Posted by: Krista | March 14, 2008 at 03:28 PM